AN IMPROBABLE SKIMPY FASHION FAD ARRIVES IN MIDWINTER
They're called Hot Pants, Short Shorts, Cool Pants, or simply Les Shorts - and in no time they have captured the fashion scene. Augmented by tights or body stockings and boots, hot pants are everywhere, winter winds or not. In Paris, London and New York, department stores can't stock them fast enough. And their eager acceptance by designers from the smallest boutique to the highest couture means that hot pants will be around for a while. "they are the sort of fad" said a European fashion observer "that topples institutions".
At Castel's new Le Fayer bistro, Kirsten Gille from Denmark tries out possibly
the shortest shorts in Paris from a boutique called Beige.
their new circular tub in Mr Freedom's satin mini-overalls.
Comparing photos, (right) one Parisienne wears a knitted number from
Dorothée Bis while her friend has on velvet shorts from Fousta.
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but Jill Offwood covers her satin shorts with a shaggy maxi.
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her Mary Quant jersey shorts - if she sits on her Chinese Wolf coat.
IMAGE CREDITS
All images and original text scanned by Sweet Jane from Life Magazine January 29th 1971. Photographs by Enrico Sarsini.